* Finger and Pencil Tracing:
Trace letter F's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the
letter. Invite the children to do the same on their coloring
page (first presentation) or handwriting practice worksheet. Encourage the children to trace the dotted letters
with your choice of sharpened crayon, fine tip marker, coloring or regular pencil
and demonstrate the direction of the arrows and numbers that help them trace the
letter correctly. During the demonstration, you may want to
count out loud as you trace so children become aware of how the number
order aids them in the writing process.

*Find the letter F's: Have the children find all the
letter F's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle
or trace/shade them first. Visit each child to make sure they
have identified the letter F's and then discuss the locations with the poster.

Coloring Activity: Encourage
the children to color the image in the coloring page or
worksheet.

Letter F words (initial consonant sound): Letter
F Activity Worksheet and Mini Book This page and matching mini
book can be used as part of Letter F program of activities
to reinforce letter practice and to identify related F words.
Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet
and mini-book.

Discuss other letter F words and images: First 'brainstorm' and
ask the children about other words that have that beginning sound and
write them on a board (dry erase board) as the children come up with
example. You can print letter F in a different bright color to
make it stand out. If you have illustrated alphabet books you
can also use images in them. You can also display other F posters and
coloring pages or even make a letter F classroom book using coloring
images or color posters. Visit Letter
F Printable Materials to make your choice.

Incorporate high-frequency words that have letter F such as: for,
five, from when composing sentences for the mini-book.

Advanced Handwriting Practice:
1. Print your choice of printable
lined-paper. Have children draw and color a fish behind the lined
paper or select and print a fish
coloring page to color after writing practice.